Todd T. Riley / Metalmasters.net
If you are familiar at all with the band Kiss then you probably know who Bruce Kulick is, but just in case you donıt, he was the lead guitarist during their time without the makeup and he was in the band longer than Ace or Peter. Personally I think the music that Kiss made with him was the best, especially the Revenge CD (by far their best CD!). If you like Kiss at all, then you will definitely like this CD, as it is flavored with a lot of grooves reminiscent of Kiss, in fact I often envisioned Paul singing a lot of the songs.
After Kiss, Bruce joined forces with John Corabi (The Scream, Motley Crue) and started the band "Union" and since John is currently touring with Ratt, Bruce has decided to go solo, and what an impressive solo effort it is! But enough about Kiss, this is ALL about Bruce. Other than a little help from a guy by the name of Curt Cuomo, this CD is written, produced, engineered and mixed by Kulick with him performing all guitars, bass and lead vocals.
This CD kicks in with a great Instrumental groove entitled 'Pair of Dice'. My favorite track on the CD, once it gets going I canıt help but think that it belongs on Joe Satrianiıs "Surfing With The Alien". Yeah, itıs that good and that fun to listen to. Not entirely an instrumental CD, itıs packed with rocking, grooving, up-tempo and fun songs, everything is well written, this is one of those CDıs I can put in my player and listen to all the way through, over and over and over again. To be honest, thatıs why this review wasnıt done sooner, it meant that I had to stop listening to it, think about it awhile and really "listen" to it! I was enjoying it a bit too much I suppose.
My favorite songs are the instrumentals, #6-Monster Island (a fantastic "Monster" instrumental), #8-Liar (my 2nd favorite track), and #11-Skydome. Other standout tracks on this CD are, #3-Change is Coming, #4-Need Me and #9-I Canıt Take. There are some great slower songs on here as well, #5-I Donıt Mind, #7-Please Donıt Wait and #10-Dogs Of Morrison.
I canıt help but be impressed with Bruceıs playing on this CD, Iıve always thought that he was a great and underrated player but this CD has raised my impression of his writing talents even higher, heıs a pretty good singer too. The only unfortunate thing about this CD is the fact that a lot of todayıs corporate radio probably wonıt play it because they currently seem to be only enthralled with and playing bands with pissed off attitudes (not that anyone doesn't get pissed off every once in awhile -- it's just real nice to have fun and enjoy life and it's music sometimes). Itıs a real shame too since great music like this deserves to be played on the radio and this CD has "Smash Hit" written all over it. Besides the man was a big part of one of the most legendary bands in history and deserves some respect. R-E-S-P-E-C-T Click on over to Bruce's website RIGHT NOW and buy this CD! [Read More Reviews...]
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